Exhibit PX29 — In re Bank of America California Unemployment Benefits Litigation (Dkt. 634-30, S.D. Cal. No. 3:21-md-02992)

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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California · No. 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB · Doc. 634-30 · 2026-01-09 · Docket on CourtListener

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNI A 
IN RE BANK OF AMERICA 
CALIFORNIA UNEMPLOYMENT 
BENEFITS LITIGATI ON 
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) Case No.: 
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DEPOSITION BY WRITTEN QUESTIONS OF 
CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 
(READ BY SHAMEEL SINGH) 
Appearing Remotely 
Thursday , May 8, 2025 
Stenographically reporte d by: 
EMILY SAMELSON, CSR No . 14043 
Job No .: 10163945 
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Shameel Singh 
In Re Bank of America CA Unemployment Benefits Litigation 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
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IN RE BANK OF AMERICA 
CALIFORNI A UNEMPLOYMENT 
BENEFITS LITIGATI ON 
) Case No.: 
) 3 : 21-md-02992-GPC-MSB 
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Deposition By Written Questions of CALIFORNIA 
EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT (READ BY SHAMEEL 
SINGH), taken on behalf of Plaintiffs, a l l parties 
appearing remot ely, commencing at 10 : 11 a.m . and ending 
at 11:24 a .m. on Thursday, May 8, 2025 , s tenographical ly 
reported before Emily Samelson, CSR No. 14043 . 
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Shameel Singh 
In Re Bank of America CA Unemployment Benefits Litigation 
APPEARANCES : 
(All parties appearing remotely) 
For Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class: 
COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY, LLP 
BY: 
DAVID G. HOLLENBERG, ESQ. 
840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200 
Burlingame, California 94010 
650.697.6000 
dhollenberg@cpmlegal . com 
ALTSHULER BERZON LLP 
BY: 
MICHAEL RUBIN , ESQ . 
177 Post Street, Suite 300 
San Francisco, California 94108 
415 . 421 . 7151 
mrubin@altber . com 
For Individual Plaintiffs: 
SWIGART LAW GROUP, APC 
BY: 
JOSHUA B. SWIGART , ESQ. 
ILANA PLATKIEWICZ, ESQ. 
2221 Camino Del Rio S . , Suite 308 
San Dieg o, Cal ifornia 92108 
866 . 219.3343 
j osh@s wi gartlawgroup . com 
For California Employment Devel opment Department: 
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 
BY: 
LEANNA C. COSTANTINI , ESQ. 
300 South Spri ng Street, Suite 1702 
Los Angeles, California 90013 
213.269 . 6231 
l eanna . costantini@doj.ca.gov 
Ill 
Ill 
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Shameel Singh 
In Re Bank of America CA Unemployment Benefits Litigation 
APPEARANCES (CONT ' D): 
(All parties appearing remotel y) 
For Defendant BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.: 
GOODWI N PROCTER LLP 
BY: 
LAURA BRYS, ESQ. 
BENJAMIN SHI N, ESQ. 
601 South Figueroa Street , Suite 4100 
-Los Ang~l e s , Californi a 90017 
213 . 426 . 2584 
lbrys @goodwinlaw . com 
bshin@goodwi nlaw . com 
Also Present: 
Nicholas Scheuer, EDD Representative 
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Shameel Singh 
In Re Bank of America CA Unemployment Benefits Litigation 
EXAMINATION INDEX 
EXAMINATION BY 
DIRECT QUESTIONS BY PLAINTIFFS 
(Read By Ms. Costantini, Esq . ) 
CROSS-QUESTIONS BY DEFENDANT BANK OF 
AMERICA, N.A. 
(Read By Ms. Costantini, Esq.) 
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Shameel Singh 
In Re Bank of America CA Unemployment Benefits Litigation 
Thursday, May 8, 2025; 10:11 a.m. 
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THE STENOGRAPHIC REPORTER: 
My name is Emily 
Samelson, a California Certified Short hand Reporter, 
License Number 14043. 
I am a code-compl iant reporter 
and will be producing a transcript of this proceeding 
that is automatically admissible in c ourt. 
SHAMEEL SINGH (AS REPRESENTATIVE OF 
THE CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT) , 
having first been duly sworn, was 
examined and testifi ed as follows: 
THE STENOGRAPHIC REPORTER : 
Proceed, Counsel. 
MR. HOLLENBERG: 
Okay. 
Good morning. 
This is 
David Hol lenberg from Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy on 
behalf of the plaintiffs. 
Plaintiffs move the notice of subpoena to EDD 
as Exhibit 1 to this deposition by written questions . 
(Exhibit 1 was marked for identification. ) 
MS. BRYS : 
Good morning. 
This is Laura Brys, 
counsel for Bank of America. 
Bank of America moves as Exhibit 2 BANA ' s 
objections and cross written questions into the record . 
(Exhibit 2 was marked for identification.) 
MS. COSTANTINI: 
Good morning . 
Leanna 
Costantini. 
I'm the attorney for the deponent , the 
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Shameel Singh 
In Re Bank of America CA Unemployment Benefits Litigation 
Cali forni a EDD . 
So I will be readi ng the definitions. 
The f i rst one is : 
11Bank 11 refers to defendant 
Bank of America, N.A. 
No . 2: 
"claim fraud filter " and "CFF" refers 
to the Bank ' s automated cl ai m fraud filter that the Bank 
applied between September 28 , 2020 , and June 8 , 2021, to 
not ice of error claims submi tted by EDD debit 
cardhol ders and that was the subj ect of the 
preli minary injunction order enter ed i n the consoli dated 
Yick V. Bank of America, N.A. action on or about June 2 , 
2021 (N .D. Cal , Case No . 3 :21-cv- 00376-VC , Dkt. 103). 
No. 3 : 
"Defendant" refers to defendant Bank of 
America, N.A. 
No. 4 : 
"EDD" means the Cali forni a Employment 
Development Depart ment. 
No. 5: 
"EDD debit card" refers to a prepaid 
debit card i ssued by defendant to an EDD debit 
cardholder for the purpose of all owing the EDD debit 
cardhol der to access , spend, or otherwise use EDD 
benefits deposited into their EDD debit card account. 
No. 6: 
"EDD debi t card account " refers to a 
bank account established by defendant for use by an EDD 
debit cardholder. 
No . 7: 
"EDD debit cardholder" refers to a 
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I, the undersigned, a Certified Shorthand 
Reporter of the State of California do hereby certify: 
That the foregoing proceedings were taken 
before me at t he time and place herein set forth; t hat 
any witnesses in the foregoing proceedings, prior to 
testifying , were duly sworn; that a verbatim record of 
the proceedings was made by me using machine shorthand 
which was thereafter transcribed under my direction; 
that the foregoing transcript is an accurate 
transcription thereof. 
Further, that if the foregoing pertains to the 
original transcript of a deposition in a federal case, 
before completion of the proceedings, revi ew of the 
transcript [X] was 
J was not requested. 
I further certi fy I am neither financially 
interested in the action nor a relative or employee of 
any attorney or any of the parties. 
my name. 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have this date subscribed 
Dated : 
22nd of May, 2025 
EMILY SAMELSON, 
CSR No. 14043 
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